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June 08, 2008 Sunday Jamadi-us-Sani 03, 1429



Pakistani kidnapped


KANDAHAR, June 7: Unknown gunmen kidnapped a Pakistani road construction engineer in Kandahar on Saturday, the provincial police chief said.

“This morning, unknown gunmen attacked a car carrying a Pakistani road construction engineer and his driver in the city of Kandahar. They wounded the driver and left him, taking the car and the engineer with them,” Provincial Police Chief Sayed Aqa Saqib said.

“We have launched an operation to track the kidnappers and free the Pakistani,” he said.

Another car belonging to the same construction company hit a roadside landmine on Saturday while driving towards Kandahar city, Saqib said. The mine exploded and killed one Afghan and wounded another, he said.—Agencies







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